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Direct linkLee, HyeSun; Winke, Paula – Language Testing, 2013
We adapted three practice College Scholastic Ability Tests (CSAT) of English listening, each with five-option items, to create four- and three-option versions by asking 73 Korean speakers or learners of English to eliminate the least plausible options in two rounds. Two hundred and sixty-four Korean high school English-language learners formed…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Stakeholders, Reliability, Listening Comprehension Tests
Geva, Esther; Massey-Garrison, Angela – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
The overall objective of this article is to examine how oral language abilities relate to reading profiles in English language learners (ELLs) and English as a first language (EL1) learners, and the extent of similarities and differences between ELLs and EL1s in three reading subgroups: normal readers, poor decoders, and poor comprehenders. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Decoding (Reading)
Joyce, Paul – International Journal of Listening, 2013
This study investigated the application of the speeded lexical decision task to L2 aural processing efficiency. One-hundred and twenty Japanese university students completed an aural word/nonword task. When the variation of lexical decision time (CV) was correlated with reaction time (RT), the results suggested that the single-word recognition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Research, Phonology, Native Speakers
Download full textStyles, Ben; Bradshaw, Sally – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This NFER report has been produced for the Education Endowment Foundation and its evaluation of a speaking and listening intervention combining two programmes: the Vocabulary Enrichment Intervention Programme (VEIP) and the narrative Intervention Programme (NIP). The intervention was used with pupils who needed extra support to improve their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Narration, Literacy
Ghaderpanahi, Leila – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of authentic aural materials on listening ability of thirty female undergraduate psychology majors studying English as a foreign language. It basically focused on using authentic materials and real-life situations as part of the communicative approach. The results of the listening…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Aural Learning
Slimon, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A vast number of news video listening materials are now easily accessible to English language learners (ELLs) due to developments in broadcast and multimedia technology. While little is known about how ELLs attempt to comprehend this challenging medium, researchers agree on the critical nature of listening skills, which researchers have placed at…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Mandarin Chinese
Bakhtiarvand, Morteza; Adinevand, Somaye – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cultural knowledge on improving Iranian EFL learners' listening comprehension. To achieve this purpose, out of 300 participants, 120 pre-intermediate language learners were selected based on their scores on a listening comprehension test and were randomly assigned to four groups. Each…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Cultural Influences
Blumenfeld, Henrike K.; Marian, Viorica – Cognition, 2011
Bilinguals have been shown to outperform monolinguals at suppressing task-irrelevant information. The present study aimed to identify how processing linguistic ambiguity during auditory comprehension may be associated with inhibitory control. Monolinguals and bilinguals listened to words in their native language (English) and identified them among…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Language Processing, Figurative Language, Inhibition
Ableeva, Rumia; Lantolf, Jim – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2011
This paper presents and discusses quantitative recall data from a longitudinal study that investigated the effects of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on diagnosing and promoting listening comprehension in French as a second language. We first define the theoretical concept of DA based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, which integrates mediation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Longitudinal Studies, Listening Comprehension
Mohsen, Mohammed Ali; Balakumar, M. – ReCALL, 2011
This article reviews the literature of multimedia glosses in computer assisted language learning (CALL) and their effects on L2 vocabulary acquisition during the past seventeen years. Several studies have touched on this area to examine the potential of multimedia in a CALL environment in aiding L2 vocabulary acquisition. In this review, the…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Multimedia Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Chang, Ching; Chang, Chih-Kai – The EUROCALL Review, 2014
The study is based on the use of a flexible learning framework to help students improve information processes underlying strategy instruction in EFL listening. By exploiting the online videotext self-dictation-generation (video-SDG) learning activity implemented on the YouTube caption manager platform, the learning cycle was emphasized to promote…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Skill Development, Metacognition, Video Technology
Power, Anne – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2014
This report captures the variety of music education research between 2012-2014 and covers a range of topics and events such as the International Society for Music Education (ISME) 2012, Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) 2013 and Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME) 2014.
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Research, Scholarship, Faculty Development
Savage, Baron L.; Hughes, Haning Z. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2014
The events of September 11, 2001, shocked the nation and forced the United States government to acknowledge its tremendously inadequate capability in foreign language proficiency and global cultural awareness. Post 9/11 military operations reinforced the reality that the Department of Defense (DoD) needs a significantly improved capability in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Summer Programs
Bozorgian, Hossein; Pillay, Hitendra – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
Listening used in language teaching refers to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language. The current study, conducted in Iran with an experimental design, investigated the effectiveness of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1 (Persian) and its effect on listening comprehension in L2. Five listening strategies:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages
Bozorgian, Hossein; Pillay, Hitendra – Online Submission, 2013
Listening used in language teaching refers to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language. The current study, conducted in Iran with an experimental design, investigated the effectiveness of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1 (Persian) and its effect on listening comprehension in L2. Five listening strategies:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages
